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For example, the NIU Visual Disabilities Program provides an
intensive level of assistive technology training and support to
proactively address the critical shortage of vision personnel with
assistive technology expertise. Students experience two entire
classes in assistive technology for people with visual impairments
both of which are forward-looking and up-to-date. We also feature a
comprehensive standalone course in low vision and an entire year
of coursework in braille (literary braille during the fall semester and
advanced braille during the spring semester). The orientation and
mobility sequence includes coursework that emphasize O&M
training for people with visual impairments and multiple disabilities.
Rather than working through a program of study as an
individual, students in the NIU Visual Disabilities Program progress
through the courses and curriculum with a core group of students.
This allows students to build relationships and a network with each
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